[지리/관광] North Korea: What we know about the world's most isolated country (Paperback)

...this monolithic state. By examining the impact of smuggled information, the mindset of the "Jangmadang Generation," and the critical question of the Kim regime's future, it offers a deeply informed perspective on the various scenarios that could unfold on the Korean peninsula. For anyone seeking to comprehend the contradictions, resilience, and human reality of North Korea, this in-depth account is...

[경제/과학] 북한 경제·사회 실태 인식보고서 영문보고서

...the proportions may exceed 100% when a question allows more than one answer. 5. The total number of respondents in the tables and figures of this report may vary from question to question in cases with non-respondents to the questions, questions recently added to the survey with fewer respondents, or questions conditional on responses to the previous question (e.g., when respondents of only a particular...

[학술논문] Transforming Youth Perceptions of Korean Unification through Global Citizenship Education

...the study argues that GCE provides an indirect and demand-oriented pathway through which young people can engage with inter-Korean issues by connecting them to broader global values such as human rights, interdependence, and peace. By conceptualizing inter-Korean social integration as a gradual, pre-unification process, this study reframes unification as a contemporary ethical and social question.

[학술논문] 남한 정착 기간에 따른 북한이탈주민의 치과의료 개선 요구와 의미망 탐색

...problems and needs of North Korean defectors in accessing dental care in South Korea by analyzing open-ended survey responses with Word2Vec, and to derive implications for oral health support strategies. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 200 North Korean defectors in South Korea. Of these, 133 respondents who answered an open-ended question on improving dental care utilization...

[학술논문] Special Issue in Commemoration of the 60th Anniversay of the Korean War Abduction of Civilians during the Korean War: Analysis of Abductee Lists and Armistice Talks

Since the preceding Roh Moo-hyun government, the move toward a new peace regime has become more evident. However, the question of the Korean War civilian abductees remains noticeably absent from any talks or agreement. In as much as the North Korean authorities deny any large-scale abduction of civilians,this research aims to prove North Korea’s complicity in these abductions and also explain their...

[학술논문] An Assessment of the Security Environment and Challenges in the Post-Cheonan Era: A South Korean Perspective

... to widen the scope of its security paradigm to reflect the bigger picture of the North Korea question. It is also necessary for South Korea to pay more attention to the security environment of Northeast Asia, which is fundamentally conditioned by the shifting U.S.-Chinese power structure. In addition, South Korea should view issues from various angles and devise comprehensive measures and approaches...

[학술논문] The EU’s Policy on the Kaesong Industrial Complex: A Constructivist Analysis of the Korea–EU FTA

...recognizing the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC), a unique inter-Korean joint economic venture conceived in the early 2000s, as an outward processing (OP) zone in the Korea–European Union (EU) Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Since the establishment of the Korea-EU FTA in 2011, the question of whether goods made in KIC could be deemed as being South Korean in origin did not see any progress. This paper argues that...

[해외] China is confronting new realities on the Korean Peninsula

...of Russia-North Korea ties, intensifying U.S.-China competition, the growing institutionalization of U.S.-Japan-South Korean trilateral coordination, and the spillover effects of conflict in the Middle East. For that reason, China’s policy thinking does not begin with the question of whether Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un will meet again, but whether the peninsula can be prevented from entering a more...

[해외] Rethinking North Korea diplomacy

... diplomatic engagement. Paradoxically, however, such signals may also complicate the long-standing objective of North Korean denuclearization. The central question, then, is whether a resumption of diplomacy can meaningfully advance stability and peace on the Korean Peninsula and across Northeast Asia.

[국내] The Economic Impacts of a North Korean Collapse

North Korea entered into a state of bankruptcy after 1990s, causing many to question the regime’s long-term survival. This looming possibility necessitates countermeasures from South Korea to prepare for any sudden changes in North Korea. Recently, the significance of this notion has grown as health concerns of North Korea’s Supreme Leader and currency reform failures suggest an increasing likelihood...

[국내] 8차 당대회 이후 북한의 경제전략 기조와 시사점

...어디까지나 ‘중앙집권적 자력갱생’이고, ‘과학적인 자력갱생’이어야 한다. 그러고도 힘들다면 ‘자급자족’하라는 것이다. Henceforth, North Korea's economic strategy stance can be summarized as ‘holding out against sanctions’. In economic terms, it is a question of how to efficiently use resources that are not only extremely scarce already, but which will become even more scarce in the future (the five-year plan is not a growth strategy, but a status quo...

[국내] 북한 핵선제불사용 선언의 의미와 한계

...is a unilateral declarative nuclear strategy of nuclear states, which is not subject to disadvantages for non-compliance with obligations. Second, as long as North Korea has nuclear weapons, the question of preemptive use of nuclear weapons is will be consistently raised by international community. Third, the vague, comprehensive, and complex concepts written in the principle of North Korea’s NFU...